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Wall showing as Transparent in Elevations

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Anonymous
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Wall showing as Transparent in Elevations

Anonymous
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In the last day, many of my elevation views are displaying with transparent walls even though I have a View Template applied to ensure the proper view settings. A few of the elevations still look fine with the view template applied, but many look as if the wire-frame setting were applied, and I checked several times that the view is displaying as Hidden Line and Not Wireframe. 

 

I've been working in this model for several weeks now, and this is the first time this problem has occurred. I have my elevation sheets all set up, and they were printing perfectly just a day ago. 

 

Please see the attached photos for reference. The first photo shows the view error, and the second photos show an elevation that is displaying properly. 

 

This is everything I have checked to try to fix this problem:

- Wall visibility setting

- Element graphic overrides

- Hidden Line vs. Wireframe 

- Phase settings

- Changing the wall types

- Even creating new elevations. All new elevations I create are defaulting to this error-ed transparent wall view. 

 

Please share any suggestions you may have! Thank You!

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Wall showing as Transparent in Elevations

In the last day, many of my elevation views are displaying with transparent walls even though I have a View Template applied to ensure the proper view settings. A few of the elevations still look fine with the view template applied, but many look as if the wire-frame setting were applied, and I checked several times that the view is displaying as Hidden Line and Not Wireframe. 

 

I've been working in this model for several weeks now, and this is the first time this problem has occurred. I have my elevation sheets all set up, and they were printing perfectly just a day ago. 

 

Please see the attached photos for reference. The first photo shows the view error, and the second photos show an elevation that is displaying properly. 

 

This is everything I have checked to try to fix this problem:

- Wall visibility setting

- Element graphic overrides

- Hidden Line vs. Wireframe 

- Phase settings

- Changing the wall types

- Even creating new elevations. All new elevations I create are defaulting to this error-ed transparent wall view. 

 

Please share any suggestions you may have! Thank You!

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Message 2 of 18
ToanDN
in reply to: Anonymous

ToanDN
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Consultant

Did you link or import any new DWGs recently?

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Did you link or import any new DWGs recently?

Message 3 of 18
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Yes, I recently brought in the Alta survey and a CAD Import.

 

Would that somehow affect the visibility?

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Yes, I recently brought in the Alta survey and a CAD Import.

 

Would that somehow affect the visibility?

Message 4 of 18
ToanDN
in reply to: Anonymous

ToanDN
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Consultant
Accepted solution

Possibly.  Edit the elevation view template and turn the CAD imports off see if it is fixed.

Possibly.  Edit the elevation view template and turn the CAD imports off see if it is fixed.

Message 5 of 18
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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YOU ARE A GENIUS!!  

Thank you so much, that worked!!

 

I simply turned off the CAD link in the view template, and everything is back to normal!

 

Thanks again!

 

YOU ARE A GENIUS!!  

Thank you so much, that worked!!

 

I simply turned off the CAD link in the view template, and everything is back to normal!

 

Thanks again!

 

Message 6 of 18
chrisplyler
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chrisplyler
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He really is a genius. It's quite annoying.

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He really is a genius. It's quite annoying.

Message 7 of 18
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Im not even going to ask how you figured this one out but...THANKS!!!

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Im not even going to ask how you figured this one out but...THANKS!!!

Message 8 of 18
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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OMG this took me so long to figure out. Thanks a bunch !

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OMG this took me so long to figure out. Thanks a bunch !

Message 9 of 18
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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I have the same transparency problem in one of my elevations (others are ok) but am unsure where exactly to find that CAD link that is mentioned in this thread. I went to the VIEW tab and then the "elevations" area but cannot find that link. Can someone shed some light on this? Thanks 🙂

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I have the same transparency problem in one of my elevations (others are ok) but am unsure where exactly to find that CAD link that is mentioned in this thread. I went to the VIEW tab and then the "elevations" area but cannot find that link. Can someone shed some light on this? Thanks 🙂

Message 10 of 18
ToanDN
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ToanDN
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Consultant
Vv, import tab, untick all cad link boxes.
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Vv, import tab, untick all cad link boxes.
Message 11 of 18
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Hi. Thanks for the response.

 

Do you mean I should type v v which brings up the Visibility/Graphics overrides window?  If I go to the 'Imported Categories' tab in that window, all it has is one line ..."Imports in Families" ... there are no CAD link boxes?  I have Revit 2017, by the way.  Thanks.

 

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Hi. Thanks for the response.

 

Do you mean I should type v v which brings up the Visibility/Graphics overrides window?  If I go to the 'Imported Categories' tab in that window, all it has is one line ..."Imports in Families" ... there are no CAD link boxes?  I have Revit 2017, by the way.  Thanks.

 

Message 12 of 18
ToanDN
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ToanDN
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Consultant
Then it's not the same cause. Recreate the elevation see what happens.
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Then it's not the same cause. Recreate the elevation see what happens.
Message 13 of 18
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Ok, thanks for that. I’ll give that a try.


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Ok, thanks for that. I’ll give that a try.


Message 14 of 18
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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resurrecting to see if there is any commonality between the offending linked .dwg files. 

This behavior only appeared when a user did not clean up extraneous .dwg objects that were well (over 20 miles) outside of the project work area before linking a the dwg into the project whereas it had been cleaned up for previous reloads and this issue did not arise.

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resurrecting to see if there is any commonality between the offending linked .dwg files. 

This behavior only appeared when a user did not clean up extraneous .dwg objects that were well (over 20 miles) outside of the project work area before linking a the dwg into the project whereas it had been cleaned up for previous reloads and this issue did not arise.

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Message 15 of 18
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOUUU

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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOUUU

Message 16 of 18
grochovskaja
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grochovskaja
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Community Visitor

Wow, it helped! What a simple solution, been trying to hide each line individually 

 

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Wow, it helped! What a simple solution, been trying to hide each line individually 

 

Message 17 of 18

c_flynn_GUX8JKDW7LAJ
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Community Visitor

I tried the initial instructions however this didn't do the trick, until I removed the latest imported CAD which did fix them all (for those that have a similar issue).

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I tried the initial instructions however this didn't do the trick, until I removed the latest imported CAD which did fix them all (for those that have a similar issue).

Message 18 of 18
redsWYYA5
in reply to: ToanDN

redsWYYA5
Explorer
Explorer

Just wanted to add on your pile of  "Thanks" 

*The DWG was the culprit.

 

 

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Just wanted to add on your pile of  "Thanks" 

*The DWG was the culprit.

 

 

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